Godwin Anywar, cohort 6, Makerere University, was appointed a Member of the editorial board of BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies on June 18, 2024. The appointment is on a rolling basis, renewable after every two years. He also attended the Science Diplomacy Course in Trieste, Italy, from June 17 to 21, 2024, under the auspices […]
The Centre for Teaching and Learning Support, CEES in collaboration with the University College London, UK organized an Educational webinar entitled: Omissions in Sloane’s Jamaican collections: African slave trade and modern slavery building shared futures. The webinar held on 28th July, 2023 saw over 40 participants; lecturers, students from Makerere University and other Public and […]
On July 1, 2023, Henry Zakumumpa (cohort 4 graduate, Makerere University) received funding for a proposal on ‘Strengthening Institutional Support for postdoctoral researchers in a Bid to Reposition Makerere University’s Research-led University.’ The grant is from the International Research Exchanges Board (IREX) based in Washington DC with funds provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New […]
On July 27, 2023, Charles Ssemugabo (cohort 9 fellow, Makerere University) received the Fogarty Global Health Fellowship under the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI) GloCal Health Fellowship program as a postdoctoral trainee for the year 2023-2024. He will undertake a study to establish the correlation between environmental and biomonitoring exposure assessment to pesticides […]
Women are powerful agents of change, and the far-reaching benefits of diversity and gender parity in leadership and decision-making are increasingly recognized in all spheres. Still, women continue to be vastly under-represented in decision-making in politics, businesses, and communities. It is to this end that women researchers have set out to investigate what is hindering […]